Call for Presentations, Performances, and Workshops FOOT 2012 Theatre and Learning Feb 2-5, 2012

[Luella Massey]

“*Theatre and Learning*”

University of Toronto, Festival of Original Theatre (F.O.O.T)

February 2 - 5, 2012

/Call for Presentations, Performances, and Workshops/

The annual Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) conference, held at the 
Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto 
<http://www.graddrama.utoronto.ca/>, seeks presentation, performance, 
and workshop proposals for its 2012 Conference: “Theatre and Learning.”

*FOOT 2012* is about the complex relationships between theatre and 
learning in both theory and practice. This conference will comprise 
three broad areas of exploration:

1) learning theatre (e.g., learning and teaching theatre skills)

2) learning through theatre (e.g., Theatre/Drama in Education)

3) theatre plus learning (e.g., Theatre for Social Change)

All three streams of the festival will include paper presentations, 
roundtables, workshops, and performances, with the latter taking place 
at various sites on campus and in various theatres in downtown Toronto. 
We expect theatre scholars, artists, educators and education scholars to 
be most active participants at the festival. Because of the constant 
interaction between theory and practice in this field, research 
presentations may not comfortably fit a “paper presentation” format. We 
recognise that demonstrations or even presentations where participants 
get up on their feet might be more appropriate for exploring and 
discussing the nuances associated with theatre and learning.

We expect that the presentations, performances, or workshops will strive 
to make connections between theatre and learning in specific and 
possibly unexpected ways.

*Possible Presentations, Performances, or Workshops *might include, but 
are not limited to:

1) Staged readings of original plays (including excerpts from a 
full-length work).

2) Live or filmed presentations of applied theatre work

3) Fully staged short plays, including (but not restricted to) Theatre 
for Young Audiences

4) Short presentations in non-dramatic theatrical forms

5) Workshops focussed on a particular theatre skill, technique or practice

6) Theatre and Learning jams, facilitated practical exchanges of ideas, 
projects and/or practices

Potential participants are asked to submit a proposal of 250 words or 
less by *Friday** September 30, 2011* to Festival Directors Art 
Babayants and Heather Fitzsimmons Frey at foot.graddrama at utoronto.ca 
<mailto:foot.graddrama at utoronto.ca>. Please include a short bio of 
theatre and/or arts education experience, and an explanation of why your 
proposal fits the theme of FOOT 2012. We also need a cursory list of 
technical requirements – tech heavy projects cannot be considered. 
Please include your full name, your email address, and your affiliation 
and status (academic or artistic institution or independent 
scholar/artist; student, faculty, or staff). We will acknowledge the 
receipt of every proposal within three days of receiving it.